Important Psychologists Flashcards

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Wilhelm Wundt

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  • father of psychology
  • 1st experiment (dropped ball and recorded reaction time)
  • 1879
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Edward Titchener

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  • used introspection to understand mind
  • structuralism
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William James

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  • functionalism
  • used stream of consciousness
  • 1st psych textbook
  • amazing teacher
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Mary Whiton Calkins

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  • functionalism
  • Harvard wouldn’t giver her degree
  • student of William James
  • 1st president of APA
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Margaret Floy Washburn

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  • 1st female psychology PhD
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John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner

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  • behaviorists
  • tested on baby, “Little Albert”
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B.F. Skinner

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  • behaviorist
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Sigmund Freud

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  • psychodynamic (unconscious thought)
  • Freudian psychology
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Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

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  • led humanistic psychologists
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